Tuesday, November 27, 2007

I'm a Daring Baker: Tender Potato Bread

I am late with this month's Daring Baker project, but that's not because I haven't been daring. I've spent quite a lot of time being daring in a kitchen last weekend, which wasn't mine (I'll tell you more one day), and I simply couldn't muster up enough energy to bake tender potato bread before the deadline. Today I stayed home, relaxed, and finally completed the challenge.

And so this afternoon I peeled some potatoes, boiled them until tender, drained and pressed through a fine sieve. Then mixed and stirred and kneaded and waited and folded and formed, and finally enjoyed some lovely moist potato bread with a beautifully chewy-soft texture:

I made a large focaccia and some small potato buns (sprinkled with caraway seeds). K. and I enjoyed the bread alongside a bowl of hot borscht (same recipe, just cabbage-less), and were feeling very happy indeed.

Thank you, Tanna, for a lovely challenge - and sorry for completing it a bit late..

34 comments:

-here from Daring Bakers-wow... your bread looks beautiful and it is good that you finally had time to do it after hectic weekends!.. I just can't get over it, your bread looks perfect! Oh by the way, I need to tray your recipe for matcha cookies SOON!

Pille you may think I'd have had enough but when I look at the lovely open crumb on that focaccia of yours . . . I'm ready for more! Who said you were late, just set the clock back an hour and bring on a loaf! Happy it was enjoyed!

There you are - it was certainly worth the wait to see/read about it, and hope the eating it was just as rewarding. You do look like you've turned out some perfect rolls and focaccia, and I love the idea of the caraway on top.

Such lovely, spongey, beautifully smooshy bread! I can just imagine it, sucking up borscht, which I've never had but would love to try making. Congratulations on your recent addition to your DB badges! =D

Judy – thank you! I sprinkled some caraway seeds on the top – one of my favourite spices ever!

Miss Ifi – thank you for your kind words about my bread – and I hope you’ll get to try the Matcha cookies soon!

Meeta – you’re too sweet!!

Tanna – oh no, I was so late that setting the clock back an hour wouldn’t have helped. But thanks for accepting my late entry! And another thank you for setting this great task – I really enjoyed the flavour of the bread!